Quote

I strive to use references that may still make some kind of sense once our age has passed into history. That robs my writing of a certain connectedness to my time, but potentially might allow it to make sense to people who are not in this time.

Oh, I collect facts and quotes when I can't write, and I can't write most of the time. I do a little chance operation sometimes where I flip through outdated reference books to see if anything will strike me as beautiful or momentous. Library roulette, I call it.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I really tend to write in retrospect.

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.

I often reread books I have written.

My works are an imitation of my own past and present.

I keep a quotes journal - of every sentence that I've wanted to remember from my reading of the past 30 years.

I write about modern people who share a deep sense of connection to the mysteries of the past. I find that I understand myself and my world better when I'm able to peer into history as a mirror.

I don't really revise. I tend to rewrite.